Fare Thee Inkwell Podcast: Recent Episodes
Fare Thee Inkwell
We are two writers from Olympia, Washington who meet up once a week and pitch story and book ideas over a beer. Join Dustin and Jim as we riff on each other and feel free to steal an idea or two for your own book.
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This week Jim and Dustin talk about how hard it might be to learn magic and be a wizard in a fantasy setting.
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This week Jim and Dustin pitch a story idea about one location that is affected by several points of time concurrently, and Jim pulls out another comic book reference.
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This week Dustin and Jim talk about writing a story composed entirely of side characters from other published stories.
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Once again, special guest David Kirchner comes on the show to talk about the idea that intelligent aliens exist, but only live underwater.
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This week we have special guest David Kirchner who pitches an idea for a story about an alien artifact that grants wishes by influencing good and bad luck, and what happens when we make it angry.
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This week Dustin and Jim talk about writing from the perspective of a pet and what it would be like to “belong” to an alien.
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Today Dustin and Jim discuss the idea of immortality in science fiction and what might happen if a “live forever” drug is tested on a guinea pig.
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Jim and Dustin talk about writing believable characters and staying true to the rules writers create for their own stories.
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Archeologists discover a woman buried a thousand years ago is a perfect genetic match for a 23-year-old woman living today.
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This week Jim and Dustin discuss systems of magic and how to establish rules for science fiction and fantasy settings, and how they may crossover.
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Today Jim and Dustin talk about the idea of receiving technology from either the future or from aliens, and how kids will probably be the first to figure out how it works.
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Today Dustin and Jim as the question “how would an archeologist in the future look at our generation” from a science fiction perspective.
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Today Jim and Dustin discuss the dreaded “writer’s block” and how you can conquer it through writing good dialogue and proper editing.
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On this episode, Dustin and Jim discuss Mad Science as a trope, and new directions to explore human development.
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Dustin pitches an idea that the language we speak defines us in society and our personality can change when we switch languages.
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Jim and Dustin discuss what would happen if the “chosen one” of the story died at the very beginning. What do the other characters do?
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In this episode, Jim and Dustin discuss a pitch about hyper-advanced aliens who steal the sun but give humans an opportunity to save themselves.
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Jim and Dustin discuss a scenario about a poor kid attending a school for rich elites due to the support of their small community.
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This week we discuss characters with lifespans thousands of years long and how to make readers like them.
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Dustin and Jim talk about different approaches to storytelling, writing for different mediums, and offer way too many opinions about modern video games.
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We jump into it this week with a discussion about book cover art, fast-writing novels, and Jim pitches an idea for a story called “What if Aliens are Delicious.”
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Welcome to the first episode of the Fare Thee Inkwell Podcast. Today, Dustin makes a pitch for a story called "The Watchmaker's Daughter." Tune in and hopefully you'll hear an idea that you can take for your own to write a story and get published!
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